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RAIL BATTLE
TO CONTINUE
Tflumony at I* C. C. Hear*
pig May Consume Two
More Full Days
FORT WORTH. Aug. 1.—OTV-In
three days, 49 witnesses had testi
fied before the interstate commerce
commission here on $11,407,600
worth of proposed rail Improve
ments in northwest Texas and the
Panhandle,, but it was expected two
full days more would b. consumed
before the hearings were concluded
as today s session ~ot under way.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Examiner Charles L. Mahaffie. pre
siding. frequently made efforts to
speed proceedings and had warned
attorneys not to introduce cumula
tive testimony. All evidence prior
to today's session had been present
ed in behalf of the Chicago. Rock
Island and Gulf and the St Louis
San Francisco railway's proposals
to tap the Texas Panha e with a
new short trunk I’ne »o Fort Worth
and Dallas markets.
The Frisco asked trackage rights
on 4he Rock ’siand from Jacksboro
to Dallas, permissioi to lease or buy
the Gulf. Texas ind Western from
Salesville, through Jacksboro. to
Seymour, and to construct a Sey
mour-Vernon line for approximately
$1,709,800 Rehabilitation of the
Gulf. Texas and Western vould
take an additional estimated $780.00.
Rock Island Plea
The Rock Island has asked a cer
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tificate of convenience and neces
sity to connect v Ith the Frisco be
tween Seymour and Vernon near
Beav-r Creek, running the connec
tion to Shamrock via Wellington.
That branch would cost $4,217,854.
The Fort Worth and Denver also
seeks to build an East Texas Pan
handle tap from Childress to Pampa
at a cost of about $4,700,000.
In addition t. savings the Rock
Island and Frisco contend would be
made to shippers in the Seymour
Olnev-Jaeksboro area, both lines say
the Panhandle 1 ink line would be
economical for the carriers. That
line would — meet at Shcmrock
with the Rock Island iai.i east
west road through Ama.illo.
Territory Wealthy
The territory the three rfilroads
are battling to enter is unusually
wealthy and productive witnesses
have declared. E. L Wynne secre
tary of the Wellington chamber of
commerce, said there were 720
square miles of tillable soil o it of
the approximate !>00 in Collings
worth county. E. E). He ick. Alan
reed. said his ronmunity in Whe '
er county could produce about 22
bushels of corn from one-L-lf to
three-quarterr of a bale of cotton,
or a ton of ghum to the acre.
Guy Hill. Shamrock chamber of
commerce secretary, declared 80
per cent of the Vheeler county land
could l* cultiva'ed and that ' per
cent of the total alrer^.,' was tilled.
C B Davis of Amarillo. Rock Is
land division freight agent, bolster
ed statements that the Rock I’and
would not build its line if permit
was granted the Fotr T7orth and
Denver. He said a Denv.r line into
Pampa through Shamrock would
cut deeply into present Rock Island
traffic.
PRAMWAY BARS AUTOS
SALFORD. Eng —The first pram
way—street closed to traffic and
dedicated to children’s play—has
been established here.
■ FRIDAY and SATURDAY ■
! SPECIALS I
■ In Our ■
B DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
H Valencing
■ In all light pastel
shades
n 3°c
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■ Kapok
Pillow Forms
Special at
■ SO1
Zach
French
Marquisettes
® In deep sand and ecru,
regular 69c values, 36
■ inches wide—
■ 45c
■ Yard
m Regular 69c values, 50
— inches wice—
: 6*
Yard
fel _
1 Ruffled
Curtains
. In ecru, with ruffles in
_ rose, green, blue, and
m gold—
_ SPECIAL AT
■ $1.00
0 Damasks
Handsome Damasks in
I all-over patterns and in
stripes; 50 inches wide.
0 Regular $2.25 values—
■ $1.00
■ Y.rd
Regular $3.50 values—
« $2.19
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Potted Grenadines and
Scrims in ecru and .
white— H
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Yard
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Rayon Nets ^
In bright colors; values
up to 90c yard— m
30c ■
Yard ■
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Theatrical
Gauze
In all pastel shades; ®
regular 45c values—
Yard 1
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mma
Figured
Grenadines
36 inches wide; in ecru B
with dainty figures,
and in pink, green, or- |
chid, and dotted pat
terns; excellent for B|
criss-cross curt a i n s. ™
Regular 35c values—
Yard ■
Regular 45c values— _
35c .
Yard H
Regular 55c values—
45‘ .
Yard p
PILOTS OF ROBIN PREPARE TO
RETURN TO WORK* AS* FETES
OF TRIUMPH END THURSDAY
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1—</Pi—Show
ing no effect* of the grind of 17
and a half days in the air in the
St. Louis Robin. Dale “Red" Jack
son and Forest O’Brine were
through the first day of feting
with another in sight before they
return to work as commercial
plane pilots. The airmen, whose
record ol 420 hours 21 1-2 min
utes aloft set a new world mark
for ^istained refueling flights,
were ready to fulfill the demands
of the St. Louis public to acclaim
them today.
A parade, ending at the city
hall where scrolls attesting to
their triumphant aerial conquest
waited them, was set for this
morning. The route was similar
to ones marking the return of
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from
his New York-Paris flight, and
the Bremen fliers who made the
westward crossing of the Atlantic.
Life Time Passes
This afternoon, the St. Louis
Robin fliers were to watch the
Cardinals and the Brooklyn Rob
ins at Sportsman park and dur
ing the ceremonies receive solid
gold life time passes to the park
Tonight they make their only
stage appearance—at the muni
cipal opera in Forest park, when
they will be handed checks for
$420 each, equivalent to a $1 an
hour for each hour aloft. They
turned down other theatrical of
fers. Mrs. Sally Jackson, wife of
the red-haired pilot, saying, “we ll
stick to the flying business."
Tomorrow Jackson and O'Brine
get back to work, taking the Rob
in to Chicago to stage a refueling
demonstration at the new Curtiss
flying base. Going along will be
Maj. William Robertson, presi
dent of the Curtiss-Robertson
company, sponsoring the flight
and who stands ready to furnish
new backing whenever the pres
ent 420-hour mark is exceeded,
and the refueling crew. Maj. C.
Roy Wassell and P. V. “Shorty"
Chafee.
So Other Hops Planned
Robertson revealed today he
had turned down requests from
other fliers planning endurance
flights asking “to borrow" Was
sell and Chafee on ther records
for the 77 successful contacts with
the Robin.
Robertson also said no otner re
fueling demonstrati ons were
planned except the one at Chi
cago although there had been a
prevalent rumor here a country
wide itinerary had been laid out.
AIR STRUCTURE
BEING FINISHED
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Addition to Administration
Building Nearly Ready
For Use
The $12,000 addition to the ad
ministration building at the airport
built on City Architect Ben Proc
tor's plans and constructed by
Barnes and Kemmy, will probably
be turned over to the Pan-American
Airways for occupancy Friday. Part
of this work is being done by the
city and the remainder by the air
transportation company .
The additions were built on the
wings of the first structure and con
form to its architectural lines. The
new space includes two rooms for
weather bureau, waiting room, larg;
patio, operating radio room, U. S.
health service room. U. S. custom*
and immigration, Mexican customs
and immigration and two offices
for the Pan-American company.
A roof garden for the benefit of
airport visitors is being placed atop
the structure. This will be covered
with canvas and offers an ideal
place to watch the activities on the
field.
All of this work is in stages cf
completion.
A large runway extending along
side administration building is being
t a mated. This will allow passenger
to step to and from the planes in
to the administration building with
out getting in the sun. The ground
is being rolled for placing of the
tarvia.
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EFFORT TO CORRAL
SEMINOLES ENDED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.—
One hundred years of official ef
fort to round up the Seminole In
dians and place hem on a Florida
reservation has come to an abrupt
i end. Secretary Wilbur has instruct
ed that it be forgotten.”
Ever since the acquisition of
Florida by the United States and
even while the opaniards controlled
the peninsula, thr white rulers
have been trying to corral the Sem
inoles on a reservation but in the
deep recesses of the Everglades
they have maintained their inde
pendence.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Low barometric pressure prevails
over the eastern part of the coun
try and the middle and North At
lantic and New England states. The
pressure is high over the lake re
gion. the Ohio valley through Ten
nessee and over all the Gulf states
Temperatures remain near the sea
sonal average over the east and
southeast but are unseasonably high
over most part of the west. Precip
itation was reported from the gulf
states and scattered over the west
and central states.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure, lowest temperature
last night; second, highest temper
ature yesterday; third, wind veloci
ty at 8 a .m.; fourth, rainfall past
24 hours.
Abilene .74 100 — .00
Amarillo ..70 96 — .00
Atlanta .68 80 — .53;
Austin .74 92 — .03
Boston.64 74 10 .00
BROWNSVILLE ...76 90 — .00
Chicago .66 90 10 .00
Corpus Chnstl .78 86 — .00 i
Dallas . 78 96 — uo
Denver.64 882 — JM
Detroit .62 72 — .00
Dodge City .72 98 — .00
El Paso . 74 92 — .00
Fort Smith .78 100 — .00
Galveston .74 86 — .34
Helena .*..58 86 — .00
Huron . 56 84 10 .00
Jacksonville.74 90 — .00
Kansas City.78 96 — .04
Louisville .74 92 _ .00
Memphis . 74 90 — .23
Miami . 80 86 — .03
Montgomery. 76 92 — .00
New Orleans .76 100 — .00
New York .68 92 — .00
North Platte. 72 94 — .00
Oklahoma City .76 102 — .00
Palestine .72 92 — .00
Pensacola .80 84 — .04
Phoenix . 82 98 — .00
Pittsburgh .66 90 — .00!
St. Louis.76 94 — .00
St. Paul .62 84 10 .00
Salt Lake City.68 88 — .00
San Antonio. 72 94 — 00
Santa Fe.60 78 — .00
Sheridan.56 84 — .00
Shreveport .74 92 — 34
Tampa .76 90 — '.00
Vicksburg .70 88 — .35
Washington .76 96 — j00
WUliston .68 86 10 00 j
Wilmington .72 82 — .121
City Commission
To Meet Friday
The city commission is scheduled
to hold its regular meeting Friday.
City Secretary A. E. Munday said
probably only routine business will
occupy the meeting.
Propositions for refunding the
city's indebtedness and plans for
extending city limits also may be
discussed.
San Benito Man Is
Adjudged Unsound
J. H Lauderdale. 42. of San Be
nito. was adjudged of unsound mind
at a lunacy hearing before Judge
O. C. Dancy and a jury Wednesday,
and the court ordered him to be
placed in the San Antonio state
hospital for restraint and treatment
A. V. Logan of San Benito was
appointed attorney for the defend
ant. Testimony said Lauderdale
had been suffering hallucinations
for the past year State witnesses
included Dr J. L Rcntfro. Dr. B. L.
Cole, county health ofifeer. Sheriff
W. F Brown. Deputy Sheriff S M
Jester, and County Clerk H D
Seago
Lauderdale has been a resident of
San Benito several years
JOLSON IS DIRECTOR
NEW YORK. Aug. 1—A1 Jol
son, stage ern-.edian has been elect
ed a director of the Brunswick
Balke Collender company of Chi
cago
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Friday, August 2nd-0ne Day Only
Articles Valued up to $4.50 Go For $1.00
We list below some of the many splendid values we are oftering for the One
Day Sale. Our customers have repeatedly requested ot us to run another
DOLLAR DAY SALE, since our last one which was a phenomenal success.
Ladies this is your opportunity to buy many beautiful pieces
for home decorations and grift items
6 Tea Spoons, $1.00 Ash Trays Comports
6 Ice Tea Spoons, $1.00 3 Ps. ayonnaise Sets Vases
6 Salad Forks Bon Bon Dishes
Gravy Ladel Colored Glass Pairs of Crystal Candle
Cream Ladel Ware Sticks in colors
Cold Meat Fork Candy Jars ^ ases Glass Siher
Large Berry Spoon Flower Vases Base
: Large Salad Bowls Glass Lined Serving
Luster China Large Sal id Plates Trays, handles large
Warp Night Sets Hand size
” * decorated. •
I Hand P*inted in al1 Candy Jars, hand dec- End-Table Smoking
colors. orated feets
Cake Plates 6 Ice Tea Coasters ®>ver ^rd Trays
Berry Bowls Silver Bon Bons
Vases Ice Buckets complete
Tea and Toast Sets Cut Glass with Ice Tongs
4 Ps. Condiment Sets Celery Dishes Electric Toasters
Hundreds of articles too numerous to mention included in
this sale
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Come Early! One Day Sale Only
Every Article a
Real Bargain
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DAIRY PRODUCE
COST IS TOPIC
Farm Course Speaker Urges
Economical Course
Be Found
COLLEGE STATION. Aug. 1.—
Declaring that the promotion end of
the dairy business is over in the
south and that the job in hand is
to learn to produce dairy products
economically. J. H. McClain of the
United States Bureau of Dairy In
dustry pointed out at the general
Short court at A. and M. college f
Texas Wednesday, that volume of 1
production should be the guiding
principle in dairying as well as
banking or merchandising.
Studies made «n Tennessee show
that cows producin 2000 pounds of
milk yearly did so at a feed cost of
35 cents a pound butterfat. whereas
butterfat cost only 21 cents a pound ;
for feed with cows producing 6000
pounds of milk yearly That is what
is meant by volume of production ,
in the dairy business.
‘ The markets f: dairy products
if.1' i" ^—
which are applicable to the rank ;
and file of farmers." Mr. McClain
said. “ are flr*d by the’ law of sup
ply and demand. The hope of profit
to farmers who patronize most dairy
markets is that they produce milk
for about 18 cr.20 cents a gallon
and still make a profit. To do this a
man can't quit farming end go into
the dairy taisiness. but he must
farm for his jov’-. That means rais
ing enough feed and pasture to fur
nish the bulk of feed requi-ed. In
the main, a farmer patronizing
creameries, condensoriea and cheese
factories cam it purchase any con
siderable part of his feed except
the grain, and make a profit.
•Success at handling cows in
Texas must rest on the production
of an adequate supply of hay and
pastures and on materially increas
ing the production of me average
Texas cow. A pure bred bull is the
most rapid way. after the cows are
properly fed. to obtain high pro
ducing cows on a large scale.”
daughter born
(Special to The Hera id >
WESLACO. Aug. 1.—Word reach- 1
es Weslaco of the birth of a daugh- •
ter to Mr and Mrs. C. J Pfrimmer
of O Donnell. Mrs. Pfrimmer will be
remembered as Miss Ruby Warren,
daughter of vlrs. R. W. Warren. Sr.,
of Weslaco, and one of the first ,
teachers in the Weslaco schools.
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50 Dresses
Smart frocks taken from our regular
stock placed in this specially low
priced group for quick clearance.
Chiffons. Wash Silks. Flat Crepe, etc.
Friday and Saturday Only—
$§I
HOSIERY
SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday Only
45-puage p.cot edge. French Philippine hand em- QQ
heel hose wttn specifications broidered gowns, JoC
that read lik* any rf»-i regular $1.12 value, now
S3 hose Regular «h| e JJ
$2.50 values, now ... Philippine hand em AQ
s,r $1.59 SSS-«ff^.WJB
value, now."
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Final Clearance
In
Ladies’ Apparel
rLadie*' 8 o'clock Walk
1 ou cannot over estimate the
importance of this wash dress
.sale. Assortments so compre
hensive that you are assured
of a satisfactory selection,
l! Each garment is made with the
utmost care, carefully fashion
ed, and sized correctly.
New fabric designs that are beautiful. Prints, Dim
ities and Batistes. Fascinating array of high shades :
and pastels.
BUMMER WASH DRESSES
Remarkable value at *
$1.49
You will find here charming dresses in unusual color
ings and exclusive styles. Organdies, Lenine, Voile,
Pique, Dimities, etc. Always cool and smart. Always
fresh because they emerge from frequent tubbings 1
as dainty and charming as when new.
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Sale of
HATS (or SUMMER
Styles of becoming loveliness. Tailored or beautifully
trimmed. All new summer shades. Actual values up
to $3.98—
98c
| Women’s
j Novelty
Footwear
$3.50
Summer Styles
Pumps, Straps, Ties, Nov
elties! Colored Kid, Patent
Leather. Satins, etc. You
make a wonderful saving
buying at this low price
Boys’ Tom Sawyer WasK Suits
Our entire line of “Tom Sawyer” Summer wash suits
is offered at genuine clearance prices! Mothers, now
is the time to provide your sons with two or more of
these everlasting suits.
Cool Summer
! Girl’s Dresses
? and Ensembles
priced at * /
$1.49
Bright tub-fast novelty prints, in smart styles, care
fully made. Irresistible models. Materials that will l
wear and launder beautifully. Sizes 3 to 14.
Other Wash Dresses priced at—
89c I
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